Assad has few alternatives but violence and more violence

A makeshift gallows with a poster shows the pictures of former Syrian president Hafez Al Assad (top-C), his sons current President Bashar Al Assad (2nd L and bottom C) during an anti-regime protest outside the Syrian embassy in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on July 31, 2011. (GETTY Photo)

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By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

A member of the Assad family h…